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Posted on: June 30, 2017

The Michelangelo of Puzzles

The Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center has its own
resident artist. His particular type of art is unique, homespun and
beautiful. For two years, 75-year-old Charles Bryant has meticulously
assembled 500- to 1,000-piece puzzles, proudly displaying them throughout the
community. Bryant, who is a regular in the center’s older adult program, Bryant
explains that when he started coming to the South Dallas multi-service complex
that houses the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, he noticed most of
the other men were playing dominoes or spades. Preferring not to play those
games, Bryant found something else to do.

“I don’t play dominoes, and I don’t know anything about
spades,” Bryant said. “I saw that the puzzles were here and decided to start
working with them.”

Many times he works on his puzzles alone, but at times has
help from a friend - 67-year-old Kerry Hall, who sometimes takes a break
from his usual routine of playing dominoes in order to do a little “art work”
with Bryant.

Both gentlemen spend their weekdays at the center and say
they look forward to coming everyday. Bryant explains that the program makes
travel for seniors convenient because the it provides transportation to and
from the center. Also, the program provides breakfast and lunch, as well as
several activities throughout the week. Bryant and many other senior adults
gather five days a week, spending four to five hours or the entire day
there.